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How do you use Brer in a sentence? See 6 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.

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Brer in a sentence

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Brer | Brereton | Brera

Brer meaning

Alternative spelling of br'er (“brother”).

Using Brer

  • The main meaning on this page is: Alternative spelling of br'er (“brother”).
  • In the example corpus, brer often appears in combinations such as: brer rabbit.

Context around Brer

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 31.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

good 1×

Often after:

rabbit 3× anancy 1×

Sentence patterns with Brer

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

34 the brer rabbit stories 1× all a brer anancy story 1× brer was brought 1× man about brer rabbit and 1× the good brer much like 1× world of brer rabbit 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

brer was brought 1× i confess that 1× lear 2007 p 1× let us hope 1× rather than clues 1× those in high 1×

Common sentence endings:

and illustrated them 1× caribbean and us 1× his forest friends 1× of brer rabbit 1× shedding phony tears 1× to placate us 1×

Words around Brer

Just before it in the word index:

breonna 101 breon 2 breo 3 brenzel 2 brenyah 2 brentwood 105

Just after it in the word index:

brera 6 brereton 30 bres 4 bresanutti 2 bresaola 2 brescia 43

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 8 aacc 8 aacs 8 aafes 8 aankh 8 abasi 8

Corpus analysis for Brer

  • In this selection, "brer" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 31.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, good, rabbit and anancy stand out and add context to how "brer" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 34 the brer rabbit stories and all a brer anancy story. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "brer" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with brer

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Brer was brought to the Americas by enslaved people and became a well-known folk figure across the French-speaking Caribbean and US. (23 words)

Lear 2007, p. 34 The Brer Rabbit stories of Joel Chandler Harris had been family favourites, and she later studied his Uncle Remus stories and illustrated them. (27 words)

I confess that some of my favorite stories were tales narrated in dialect by "Uncle Remus," an old Southern black man, about "Brer Rabbit" and his forest friends. (28 words)

Longer example sentences

Let us hope that the supposed concern for the preservation of free media and the well being of journalists here in Antigua and Barbuda is not the good Brer (much like the aforementioned big, bad wolf) feigning concern and shedding phony tears. (42 words)

Those in high places have provided much grandiose chatter about the wonderful addition of so many more millions of gallons of water, and so many more reverse osmosis plants, It’s all a Brer Anancy story, designed to placate us. (40 words)

Rather than “clues”, these may be slippages – moments when Potter forgot to recast the story in her Lake District setting and slipped back into the world of Brer Rabbit. (29 words)

Example sentences (6)

Brer was brought to the Americas by enslaved people and became a well-known folk figure across the French-speaking Caribbean and US.

Rather than “clues”, these may be slippages – moments when Potter forgot to recast the story in her Lake District setting and slipped back into the world of Brer Rabbit.

Those in high places have provided much grandiose chatter about the wonderful addition of so many more millions of gallons of water, and so many more reverse osmosis plants, It’s all a Brer Anancy story, designed to placate us.

I confess that some of my favorite stories were tales narrated in dialect by "Uncle Remus," an old Southern black man, about "Brer Rabbit" and his forest friends.

Let us hope that the supposed concern for the preservation of free media and the well being of journalists here in Antigua and Barbuda is not the good Brer (much like the aforementioned big, bad wolf) feigning concern and shedding phony tears.

Lear 2007, p. 34 The Brer Rabbit stories of Joel Chandler Harris had been family favourites, and she later studied his Uncle Remus stories and illustrated them.

Common combinations with brer

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "brer" in a sentence?
An example: "Brer was brought to the Americas by enslaved people and became a well-known folk figure across the French-speaking Caribbean and US." This page contains 6 example sentences with the word "brer" from authentic English texts.
What does "brer" mean?
Brer means: Alternative spelling of br'er (“brother”).
How many example sentences with "brer" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 6 example sentences with "brer", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.